# Original Short Stories — Volume 02

Author: Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893; Henderson, A. E. [Translator]; McMaster, Albert Cohn [Translator]; Quesada, Louise Charlotte Garstin, 1864?- [Translator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3078

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Original+Short+Stories+Maupassant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“Upon my word,” said Colonel Laporte, “although I am old and gouty, my legs as stiff as two pieces of wood, yet if a pretty woman were to tell me to go through the eye of a needle, I believe I should take a jump at it, like a clown through a hoop. I shall die like that; it is in the blood. I am an old beau, one of the old school, and the sight of a woman, a pretty woman, stirs me to the tips of my toes. There!

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-02-3078/chapters/8/index.md)